Blues Master Keb' Mo's "Love In Vain" on LEGENDS OF JAZZ

[shiftlock20]

Blues performers do things to stuff. If Keb Mo wants to play in G, and change the lyrics, that's what's real. He knows his shit.

[dgb111]

Not Keb Mo´s best work by a long shot. Can´t figure out why he changed the key of the piece cause it stinks in G. Should have done it in the original key. (and he teaches it in the original key on his homespun vid so WTF?)

[trevor8930]

wow blues!

[Cldfsn0200]

Such a ridiculously awesome natural. Can't say enough.



[Fruscianteistheman]

i don't appreciate the changes to the lyrics. sure, change the guitar up a little bit, but i feel the lyrics should be set in stone.

[sonobelle]

grandioso,..espectacular..

[Luisshamansblues]

ooommffuckin god what is the tunning?

[MrAxSAP]

@Luisshamansblues Think it's normal tuning

[Luisshamansblues]

@MrAxSAP thanks a lot

[zmadecm33]

to hear your voice, and listen to your guitar is like dancing on butter and bathing with milk, man, K you are a man!

[slammo69]

i can relate to him i know how he feels

[Smileyflyer]

Great work,man!! now I feel so sad ;)

[sgoldcoast]

Lovely rendition of a Robert Johnson classic,

[bluessingerr]

oh lawsy that note at 2:16. painfully sweet.

[giorgiopicker]

great number

tnx

[abluerambler]

The roots are not dry ... Thanks L.O.J

[86shay86]

So pure...

[Dolomede]

Interesting to compare it with the Stones live in New York (Get yer YaYas out) as Keb brings so much more to it. Even though Jagger's version is great, KM makes their version seem formulaic and stilted. Great clip.

[kaonator]

@Dolomede why compare to stones? compare to robert johnson if anything...............

[kaonator]

holy smokes this was amazing. dude has got soul in his voice!

[toddallenhooper]

I love to hear Keb Mo sing old blues songs like this, just don't enjoy very many of his original songs that much, I'm weird I suppose...

[leadcat]

Fantastic Version! That is exactly how it should be played.

[Featster74]

Love In Vain was written by Robert Johnson. The way the title of your upload reads, it sounds like Keb Mo wrote it. Great version, though!

[lautbreak294]

just great! nothin' left to say...

[StellarChi]

We need more Mo ! Awesome talent.

[michaux6000]

great video thank you.

[gwyllem]

He Keb MO

[sapperrdeflap]

best version i've heard in years, the man's a true blues legend in the making (hope he keeps playing for some while, though...

[ingodscountry75]

Always loved these heavy lyrics... you just live the whole story immediately.

Great Keb mo interpretation!

[cliffyuno]

i love this

[dreamblack10]

que buen tema.... desde Argentina

[Trapar137]

This is maybe on the only cover that rivals RJ. Sweet.

[Berlusfan]

I like his smoothness and I'm a fan of him, but I don't like a lot his vision of these johnson's songs. He performs a smooth and delicate blues, which doesn't reflect the pure blues feeling expecially the old time blues.

[SethEdward1930]

I'M AN UPCOMING BLUES ARTIST....my styleis 1930ish blues mixed with jazz and then deep fried country style! I'm looking for subscribers/future fans. I hope to back this forgotten sound with new and origianl songs! Please subscribe, I will upload my first song and intoduction to the world soon! Thanks to all who subscribe!

seth edward

[montreemtx]

@SethEdward1930  Is it in place? Await...

[CIASTARLING]

EXCELENTE...PARABENS...Alexand­re Starling

[idie2daysago]

i did not know about blue ...jazz but when my friends join and form a jazz band then i come to know that it's just a awesome music...,

i just love jazz 

[idie2daysago]

i did not know about blue ...jazz but when my friends join and form a jazz band then i come to know that it's just a awesome music...,

i just love jazz

[taylor12martin]

Yep, I first saw Keb' Mo' playing the character of Robert Johnson (author of Love In Vain) on the documentary DVD:

Can You Hear the Wind Howl-the story of Robert Johnson

Narrated by Danny GLover and interviews with Robert Cray, Eric Clapton, and many others.

Keb' Mo' was a great choice for the role of Robert Johnson

Thanks for posting this video...Robert Johson music lives on over70 years after his passing

everyone gets the blues now and again---this music helps heal the blues!

[Trapar137]

Damn, only a handful of players can do this. Never heard Keb Mo before today, thanks for posting.

[WEIR4EVER]

When your love's in vain..................

[1977jhonsc]

more than sadness...more than happiness-just BLUES

[requiemsharkk]

I agree that there's nothing wrong with crying, but I don't think anyone enjoys sadness. That's not what the blues is, it's not enjoyment or taking pleasure in sorrow, it's merely channeling that sorrow into a form that makes it more bearable to the songwriter and the audience. blues is a coping method. after all, the blues were first born from the deep sorrow experienced by black slaves. i really doubt they were "enjoying their sadness." more like trying to create hope and express pain.

[solwrappednpaperlips]

@MrSterlinghayden

Hello, your welcome.

I looked for T-Bone Walker : it appears to my beotian ear as a brilliant guitar player but I am not qualified to compare even if I can feeel they are musically from the same family. I appreciated particularly "don't throw your love on me so strong", being myself a wild lover "mama" I should meditate the advice ! But ...no LOL

[solwrappednpaperlips]

@MrSterlinghayden

Thank you for this sensible comment I don't know a lot about this "mississpi blues" so I searched for M. Jonhson Back to the croasroads and I understand the "filiation".

M. Keb Mo is actually a great one and he is handsome too (I know it has nothing to do but at least I am honnest lol...)

[solwrappednpaperlips]

The absolute class. Oh my god what a man and what a singer what elegance !Speachless !

[reckonimokie]

What resonator is this?  National?

[CajonCraig]

The Greatest Song Ever Written,That's My Own Personel Opinion Ofcourse!

[recordingblue]

check out folsom prison blues by the Montgomery Rd. Ramblers. You'll be suprized!!!!!

[recordingblue]

strangone is so hip

[acaciazynx]

aweshum aweshummmm~~

[sundvisson]

it was okay, not more than that!"???? qite boring actually

[sawtoothdan]

Butter.

[reuri95]

Quelle belle et émouvante version ! Chapeau bas, Mr Keb' Mo'.

[ValsHere]

Very nice!

:)

[pippofilippo1]

No, it's the Robert Johnson spirit...

[davidcarr90]

1:33 is that robert cray?

[bhwashere]

Yep!

[Strange0ne]

yes he played my last regret for the same series or whatever this was. Posted by the same guy and is a fantastic version you should check it out too

[webber317]

Cforces its a Robert Johnson tune.

I play it G G7 C/C7 A7 D7 G and have great response

[pedes88]

yehaaaa che slanggg

[ogersteiner]

Nothing wrong with crying. How can you enjoy happiness if you can't enjoy sadness......and yes people call me crazy all the time....and I just laugh and enjoy the blues with a smile on my face.

[Hazenstones]

Well, my friend, most people don't realize that there is an opposite to everything. Can't have one thing without having the other. It is just how one is willing to live them...you're a cool customer...

[ogersteiner]

The feeling is mutual.

[toddallenhooper]

@ogersteiner That's so true, sad helps us appreciate happy, evil just makes good appear that much better indeed!

[DukeOfLizards86]

@ogersteiner Very well put...............

[bit2009iz]

Cuando el tren partio, vi dos luces detras...

una era mi bebe, la otra, mi mente.

Todo mi amor fue en vano.

Si, todo mi amor fue en vano.

MMM QUE BIEN ,, ME ENCANTA ,,,MASSSS

[guitardan102938]

The blue light was my blues

The red light was my mind

[stachel2000]

babababababababab....mmmmmmmmh­hhhhhhhyumyuymyuymyuymyuymyu

[yogiearth]

what I like is that he takes this old tunes and makes them his own. A true artist. No carbon copy.

[gilllie666]

alot of people will say to be more creative and not use the route note to start off your riff, but it sounds right to do so, like in this instance where the dude's using his thumb as the bass note

[CForces]

Who is it by

[michaelp5590]

robbie j

[shelibeli40]

He looks like a good looking, sweet young man but he sounds like he's been singing the blues for 100 yrs.....one of my favorites!! LOVE LOVE LOVE MUAH!!!!

[DarkDrummer65]

C dommage, à la place de la guitare j'aurai mis un piano, accompagné d'une batterie sa aurait super !

[Alejhandria]

Magnifiek^^!

[pacificnorthwester]

could not be done better than this.

[MixmasterAce]

Does anybody know the chords for this version ?

[punkdude543]

regular 12 bar blues i think in G.

[joshuamichael]

Yep. Not a regular 12 bar in G. The progression goes G7 to C7 for the first part then where the 5 would normally be it is I believe an Eb 7 with a Bb in the bass to a DMaj7 with an F# in the bass. For quickness sake I will tab out those last two chords for you.

Eb 7 with a Bb in the bass from low E string to high E string would go: 6, muted, 5, 6, 4, muted.

The Dmaj7 with an F# in the bass from low E string to high E string would go: 2, muted, open, 2, 3, muted.

Peace out MixmasterAce.

[Strange0ne]

The Eflat 7 is just a chord substitution for the A7 in the progression that webber317 layed out which is correct. There are no major 7ths in this progression they are all dominant 7ths including the D7

[landart67]

WOW

[25bars25]

what a beautiful man : )

[LittleFrenchy83]

C'est magnifique, j'adore ce genre de musique, profonde et sublime, on sent une véritable force qui s'en dégage... merci !

[TJTele52]

It's called a Duolian...

[JesseBuss]

He has a very different take on these songs. I can't place it, but this man sure knows the blues. Sweet Jesus, he is good.

[TonyTX]

@JesseBuss its just the truth my friend. You know the truth when you hear it and we both know the truth doesn't lie.

[Mariekesone]

Hell Yeah, Keb'Mo is Great!

[Jhey172]

he kinda looks like marcus miller..for real...Lol

[jacopolago]

geat!!! all your love is in vain!

[Benja123456]

wonderful !

[jamielovesgoonies]

sexy.

[franmarder]

i want that voice xD

[aerycksmusic]

did I miss something, this is a Robert Johnson Classic, done by a totally awesome blues player!

[LittleA93]

his voice is just so great !!

[jeredelujan]

hi everyone! does somebody know the name of the guitar that keb mo is using in this song? thanks!

[blueangelvoodoo]

It's a tricone national ;)

[blueangelvoodoo]

ehm no sorry, it isn't a tricone...it's a national with one cone

[lemaitrethemonk]

play it brother play it!!!!! the best thing about the blues is everything...

[RickBeall]

He makes me feel the story fresh again.

[RoyalBluesTrini]

Please don't miss this by thinking to much people.

[ualmostwise]

I am crying but happy. This song is great. Sorrows may be a blessing at time. Blues may be pleasant.

[DieTraumfrau]

You are right. Keb'Mo' has appeared in concert and on tour with Peter Maffay, these are my favorite music artists. I send you a song with a very different style but the same message.

[gittahfiend]

a taj mahal knock off.

[parapedal1]

Finally someone playing it like Robert and getting it right, awesome! :D

[habdebili]

i love it!best blues ive ever heard

[facuviejaslocas]

es genial ver a unos de los mejores blues man del mundo tocar al estilo de robert jhonson es increible ademas tiene un color de vos que es fantastico bueno nos vemos

facuviejaslocas

[BullShnit]

FLAWLESS!!!!

[revdolaf]

Beautifully understated....deceptively simple....LESS IS MORE!

Peace n Love

[vladsalonzo]

god is so nice!!

[puppyuncle]

nice, but you might want to check Bob Brozman's version as somethng with more feeling and texture....

[bigdjindustriez]

Blues isn't supposed to have "texture" it was originally meant to be simple and there was fret buzz and out of tune guitars all over the place, that's what it's all about, and what people like. It's about the feeling not the musical properties, if it was perfect, it wouldn't be blues.

[Werwoelfi]

man thats so good... i wish i had the tabs for this, great piece of blues.. can decide which ones better, robert johnsons orginal or this one..

[stonescourt3]

stones also did a great version of this...

[Werwoelfi]

hmm well i do not agree on that.. clapton did an also nice cover of this song, but the cover of the stones is poor.. i have nothing against the stones, love the songs like brown sugar,paint it black and some more.. but as i love this song as a classic blues composition, the version of the stones is nothing for me.

[blues140555]

vraiment dans l'esprit

j'adore

i followwed up...

[lepanierdecrabe]

This is the blues. That guy is in the mood !

[Gradey3]

I love this guy

[pickinpop]

when i grow up i wanna be keb mo

[bluephil]

First time I see him playing without finger picks... Nice sound.

[ponak04]

Very Respected Man.. Blues Man, A Good man feelin' bad..

[onslow58]

nice laid back blues song, we need more blues on the you tube

[toddallenhooper]

@onslow58 Agreed!

[sensfan72]

At a boy Keb you da shit man!!still givin me da g-bumps every time i here ya

[empiremonkey]

Always interesting to see which way he goes with lyrics on his covers.

[msqtube]

good , but aint a patch on Robert Johnson

[bravedeer]

Agreed, and I'm glad it ain't. I don't want artists to try to be the reincarnation of others :-)

[Meaty024]

sometimes i think johnson had an extra thumb.

[WoodstockImprov]

See: Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go... that's real acoustic blues!

[mcblah]

and this isn't? don't be such a police man. allow some new blues into your head, this is great stuff.

and actually that's a steeltop resonator, technically not an acoustic guitar

[luigilebeau]

I love this "roots blues". Keb' Mo do not leave the blues die, cause the greats songs never die!

[Vierotchka]

Now, THAT's what I call Blues!

[Doginthefog]

I m not agree topraman.. it's just another interpretation.. :) i like that.. i m pretty sure that poor Bob 'd like that!

[10milesfromnowhere]

Keb' Mo 's my hero :)!! ( well, one of them anyway).

[topraman517]

The playing and singing should be a bit more powerful, but otherwise great job. Robert Johnson's music will never die.

[mntdrew]

so good.